Shirt collar support



1956 R. N. WILLIAMS 2,770,405

SHIRT COLLAR SUPPORT Filed June 12, 1955 lM/n/ro E R/cHqRo IV. WILL/6M5 United States Patent SHIRT COLLAR SUPPORT Richard N. Williams, St. Louis, Mo., assignor to R. N.

Williams Paper Company, St. Louis, M0., :1 corporation of Missouri Application June 12, 1953, Serial No. 36l,298

1 Claim. (Cl. 223-83) The present invention relates generally to shirt collar supports, and more particularly to a novel shirt collar support which may be applied in two collar supporting positions and which is removably locked in place in both positions.

Collar supports have long been applied to shirt collars after ironing to maintain the same neatly in position during handling following laundering and until the shirt is used. However, there has existed over this long period the need of a collar support which may be readily applied and locked in desired position.

The present novel collar support fulfills the need in the shirt laundering industry. In brief, it comprises an initially flat strip of selected paperboard, fiber, plastic, or other material, including an elongated somewhat arcuate body and a centrally attached wing. At each end of the body are opposed locking shoulders. The collar support is applied either by the single motion of disposing the Wing under the shirt front below the top button and one set of locking shoulders under the collar band, or by inserting the wing under the collar tabs and then disposing the other set of locking shoulders under the collar band.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel collar support which fulfills the long felt need in the laundering industry.

Another object is to provide a novel collar support which may be selectively applied to a shirt collar.

Another object is to provide a novel collar support which is locked in supporting position in a shirt collar.

Another object is to provide a novel collar support which may be selectively applied readily and Without the necessity of acquired skill in such application.

Another object is to provide a novel collar support which is held in place at three points.

Another object is to provide a novel method of ap plying a collar support to a collar in locked position.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages are apparent from the following description taken with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a view of a flat collar support constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view of the present collar support applied to the collar of a shirt in one selected relation, the shirt being broken away for conservation of space;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view on substantially the line 55 of Fig. 4, partially in elevation for clarity;

Fig. 6 is a view in top plan of a collar support, showing the wing and body in positions they assume in one application to a shirt collar as illustrated in Fig. 4-;

Fig. 7 is a view of the present collar support applied to the collar of a shirt in a second selected relation, the shirt being broken away for conservation of space; and

Fig. 8 is a view in top plan of a collar support showing the wing and body in positions they assume in the application to a shirt collar as illustrated in Fig. 7.

ll-a renlteol Nov. 13, 1956 Referring to the drawing more particularly by reference numerals, It) indicates a collar support construction in accordance with the principles of the present invention. Broadly, the collar support 10 includes an elongated body 12 and a centrally attached wing 14.

The body 12 is arcuate, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1, and is symmetrical about the transverse center line, being wider at the ends than at the center. At each end are two opposed locking shoulders 16 and 18.

The wing 14 is also symmetrical about the transverse center line, and is spaced from the body 12 at each side of a juncture neck 20 by a slot 22.

The collar support It) may be disposed in a shirt collar in either of the positions of Figs. 4 and 7, respectively. in Pig. 4-, the wing 14 is under the front tabs of the collar 24- of a shirt 26, and the body 12 snugly fits against the inside of the collar 24, the locking shoulders 16 being in locked position under the collar band (Fig. 5). This position of the collar support ill may be readily achieved by inserting the wing lid under the tabs of the collar 24 and folding the body 12 back into the collar 24 so that the locking shoulders 16 automatically assume locked positions under the collar band.

In Fig. 7, the wing lid is under the front of the shirt 26, and the body 12 is snugly against the inside of the collar 24 with the locking shoulders lib locked under the collar band. This relation of the collar support lit and the collar 24 is quickly obtained in one movement simply by thrusting the wing l l under the front of the shirt 26 and the body 12 against the inside of the collar 24. The locking shoulders 18 will automatically slip under the collar band.

It is manifest that there has been provided a novel collar support, and novel methods of applying the same to the collar of a shirt, which fulfills the objects and ad vantages sought therefor.

it is to be understood that the foregoing description and the accompanying drawing have been given by way of illustration and example. it is also to be understood that changes in form of the elements, rearrangement of parts or steps, and substitution of equivalent elements or steps, which will be obvious to those skilled in the art, are contemplated as within the scope of the present invention which is limited only by the claim which follows.

What is claimed is:

A collar support for shirt collars comprising an elongated substantially rectangular striplike body, and a wing secured to said body intermediate the ends thereof, said elongated body having an inwardly curving bottom edge and opposed locking shoulders at each end thereof, each shoulder being of a depth for ready fitting beneath the collar band of a shirt when said collar support is applied to a shirt collar, said locking shoulders being in the same plane with said elongated body, said loci-ling shoulders being in a plane at substantially right angles to the body of a shirt when inserted in a shirt collar, and said Wing being connected to said body by a neck portion and being separated from said body at each side of said neck portion by a slot, said wing being substantially narrower in width than the body and of a length less than half of the length of said elongated body.

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